Tag: Nation

President Barack Obama looks to Bob Bergdahl as Jani Bergdahl, stands at left, during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Saturday, May 31, 2014 about the release of their son, U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Bergdahl, 28, had been held prisoner by the Taliban since June 30, 2009. He was handed over to U.S. special forces by the Taliban in exchange for the release of five Afghan detainees held by the United States. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Touch and go on Bergdahl release until very end

Deb Riechmann · June 3, 2014 5:30 pm

Pentagon: Russian fighter intercepted US plane

National Security

Pentagon: Russian fighter intercepted US plane

Robert Burns · June 3, 2014 5:22 pm

US taps first envoy to Somalia in 20 years

US taps first envoy to Somalia in 20 years

Lara Jakes · June 3, 2014 5:06 pm

FILE - In this May 30, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington following his meeting with Veterans Affairs Secretary Shinseki. Obama on Monday, June 2, 2014, described a surge in unaccompanied immigrant children caught trying to cross the Mexican border as an "urgent humanitarian situation," as the White House asked Congress for an extra $1.4 billion in federal money to cope. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Obama: Child migrants ‘urgent humanitarian’ issue

Washington Examiner · June 3, 2014 2:52 pm

US to revive panel on domestic terror threats

National Security

US to revive panel on domestic terror threats

Washington Examiner · June 3, 2014 2:19 pm

US home price gains slow in April amid tepid sales

US home price gains slow in April amid tepid sales

Christopher Rugaber · June 3, 2014 12:02 pm

The Huntington Power Plant Friday June 3, 2011. Huntington Power Plant is a coal-fired power station owned by PacifiCorp. In Utah, about 80 percent of electricity is derived from coal, and about 15 percent comes from gas. The national average is about 40 percent coal and 26 percent gas. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Chris Detrick)

Pollution rule tricky for coal country Democrats

PHILIP ELLIOTTBRETT BARROUQUERE · June 3, 2014 10:46 am

Colon cancer screening said to help after age 75

Colon cancer screening said to help after age 75

Lauran Neergaard · June 3, 2014 5:29 am

President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., as he begins his three-country trip to Poland, Belgium and France, Monday, June 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama to urge Europe to keep up pressure on Russia

Julie Pace · June 3, 2014 12:46 am

Questions loom over Bergdahl-Taliban swap

National Security

Questions loom over Bergdahl-Taliban swap

KEN DILANIANDEB RIECHMANN · June 3, 2014 12:35 am

Reid vows quick Senate vote on VA health bill

Matthew Daly · June 2, 2014 11:12 pm

The U.S., the worldâs second-largest emitter, remains far away from reaching its Paris target, set by the Obama administration, of reducing emissions 26% to 28% below 2005 levels by 2025. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Energy and Environment

Obama orders pollution cuts _ but timing uncertain

DINA CAPPIELLOJOSH LEDERMAN · June 2, 2014 10:47 pm